Anticreeper for railroad-rails.



n. F. & 1). L. VAUGHAN. ANTICREEPBR FOR RAILROAD RAILS.

v APPLIUATIION rips JUNE 27, 1910. 1,021,387.

PatentedMar. 26, 1912.

2 BHBETS-SHEET 2.

INVENTORS wrrnressss UNITED STATES PATENT onn'ion;

. DAVID E. VAUGHAN AND DAVID L. VAUGHAN, OF HADDONFIEII), NEW JEIt-sEY.

ANTICREEPER FOR 'RAILROAD-RAILS.

SPCMfiOKtl-OIIOI Letters Patent. Patent efl- Liar, 26, 1912.

Application filed June 27, 1910. Serial No. 568,888.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID F. Vanilla and 1).117 I3. Vnrtunnx, citizens of the United States, residing at Haddonfield, Camden county, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Anticreepers for Railroad-Rails, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to antiereepers for railroad rails; and the object of our invention is to provide an anticreeper of novel, simple and eflieient construct-ion whereby in- .creas'ed strength is provided for a given quantity of material in the parts of the anti- 16 creeper, whereby the parts of the anticreeper -n1ay be readily applied to and removed from Lthe railroad rail, and whereby the parts of .the ant-icreeper when applied to the railroadrail; will be firmly hold in position thereon in constantreadiness for action under all conditions.

. To this end the invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and par- 'ticnlarly claimed. e In the drawings :Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a cross-tie and a railroad rail thereon having our improved anticreeper applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation -0f our improved anticreeper and the adja cent parts of the cross-tie and railroad rail. "Fig. 3 is an elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 2 as seen at. right angles thereto. Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 2 showing one pt sition of the-parts of the ant-icreeper in applying them to the rail. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the parts of the anticreeper in the position shown in Fig. 4. Figs. 6 and 7 are views similar to Figs. 4

-and 5 respectively, showingi the removable wrench applied to one of the parts of the antiereeper. 1

2 designates a portion of a railroad crosstie and 3 a railroad rail supported thereon, the railroad rail 3 being of well known eon- Struction including the usual base flange 4.

Supported upon the base flange 4- adjacent the cross tic .2 and in engagement with the latter, is our improved anticreeper, which is of the following construction:

" Extending beneath the base flange -t transversely thereof a flat bar 5 having fiat. up-

wardly extending end; portions 6 and T which are provided with inner edges 8 and 5 9, respectively, facing-the side edges of the base flange 4. The upper edge of the body portion of the bar 5 is adjacent the bottom of the base flange 4 and 'the'end portions 6' and 7 of; the bar 5 extend upwardly from the body portion of the bar, one on one side and one on the other side of. the base flange 4,-and the side faces of the bar 5 anclits end portions (3 and 7 are arranged substantially in vertical position, for a purpose hereinafter explained. The bar 5 and its end ortions 6 and 7 are formed from a fiat b a-nk of sheet steel: and the end portion? is provided with a lateral strengthening bend, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, for a purpose hereinafter explained, and the, end portion 7 is also provided with a .partflO extending inwardly over the base flange 4; and bent to extend laterallyof thebar' 5, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, the lower edge of the free end of the part 10 beingfin engagement with the upper face oft-he base flange 4gfor the purpose of supporting jone end of the bar 5 and for another purpose hereinafter appearing. Embracing one side of the base flange 4 is a shoe 11 which extends between thtrrail 3 and the inner edge/8 of the end'portion 6 -of the bar 5, and which also extends-forwardly of the bar 5'and is provided with an abutment 12 engaging the side .of the adjacent cross-tie 2. The general construction of this shoe 11, is clearly shown in the drawings, ;and theshoe is adapted to be slipped on one side of the base flange 4 and is held thereouby the inner edge 8 of the end portion Gengaging the outer face of the shoe.

The anticreeper'. as shown in the 'drawings, is arranged to prei'ent the rail 3 from creeping forwardly or in the direction of the arrows shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and when herein we speak of forwardly, we mean in the'direetion of the arrows, and when we speak of rearwardly, we mean in the reverse direction. p

The shoe 11 is provided with a rearward face 13, which engages the forward face or side of the bar 5, and'the shoe 11is also provided with a projection 14:, which extends rearwardly from the face 13 below the bar 5 and supports the end of the bar'adjacent the shoe 11 from being displaced downwardly from engagement with-the shoe, when the parts are in the positions shown. The shoe 11 is provided with an outwardly extending projection 15 adjacentthe forwardface of the end portion 6 and above the rearward face 13 of the shoe 11; and thhehw 11' also provided with an outwardly extending rojection 16 adjacent the rearward face 0 the end portion 6 and above the projection 15.

The bar 5 is formed of spring steel, and when the parts are in the positions shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the spring action of the bar 5, in tending to assume a position from which it was sprung by a torsional or twisting action upon the bar, is exerting a forward anddownward pressure upon the end portion 7 and the part 10, pressing the part 10 against the base flange 4, and a reverse or rearward pressure upon the end portion 6 pressing? the rearward face of the end portion fl against the projection 16, and the forward face of the bar? against the rearward face 13-01 the shoe 11, thus causing the parts of the anticreepcr to firmly grip the base flange 4. The bar 5 is formed with a twist therein so that in the normal condition of the bar, as shown inFigs. 4, 5, 6 and 7, the

end portion 6 is inclined rearwardly and the end portion 7 is inclined forwardly.

Tn assembling the parts of the anticreeper upon the base flange 4, the shoe 11 is first applied to one side of the base flange 4 in the osition shown. The end portion of the bar 5 withits projection 10, is then hooked over the other side of'the base flange 4 in the position shown in Figs. 4 and 5. In this position of the bar 5, its upper portion is tilted rearwardly, its end ortion 6 is outwardly of the/body of the s we Thand below the projectimr l6 and the free end of the part orprojection 10 is in engagement with the top of the base flange-4. It will therefore be understood that if the upper end'of the end portion 6 be moved forwardly against the torsional spring action of the bar 5, the part 10 will be pressed firmly upon thebase flange 4, permitting the end portion- 6 to be moved intover'tical position against the sprin between t e projections 15 and 16, and at the same time permitting the forward ace of the bar to spring into position against the rearward face13 of the shoe 11 and above the projection 14, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3; .Whereu on the end portion 6 may be released and lbe bar 5, in tending to assume the normal condition from. which it was s rung, will press its forward face against t e rearyard face 13 of'the shoe 11, the rearward face of'its end portion 6 against the pro'ection 16 and its part 10 against the top of t e base flange-4. I

The purpose of the projection 15 is to liin it the forward. movement of the end pertion 6 of the bar 5 in springing it into the position shown in Fi s. 1, 2 and 3,ithereby reventin'g the bar 5 rombein sprung too er in assembling the parts; it ing understood that should the bar he sprung too far, it would be bent and robbed of some or all of the spring action provided for holding action of the bar and passed up.

.the parts of the anticreeper together and upon the base flange 4.

When the parts of the anticree er are as scmbled 11 ion the base flange 4 o the rail 3 with the a utment 12 of the shoe 11 engaging the crosstie 2, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the end of the bar 5 opposite to the shoe 11, is maintained in spaced relation to the cross-tie 2 by the shoe 11. Should the rail 3 attempt to creep forwardly or in the direction of the arrows shown in Figs. 1 and 2, forward movement of the shoe 11 will be prevented by the cross-tie 2, and the rail in creeping forwardly will carry withit the end of the bar 5 opposite to the shoel l and immediately upon the initial creeping moi-cment of the rail 3, the bar 5 will tend to assume a diagonal msition beneath the ,base flange 4, thereby forcing the inner edge 9 of the end portion 7 firmly into engagement with one side edge of the base flange 4; and at the same time forcing the inner ed e 8 of the end portion 6 against the outer ace of the body of the shoe 11, and consequently forcing the shoe 11 against the other side edge of the base flange 4, thus firmly gripping the rail and preventing it from creepdt will be readily understood that in employing the flat bar 5 with its end portions 6 and 7 arranged with their side faces in vertical position, as shown in the drawings, that the strain upon the 0nd 'lortions (l and 7, as well as the tension on the body of the bar 5, is in the direction of the flat faces of the parts of the bar in preventing the rail 3 from creeping, thus giving us the maximum strength for a given quantity of metal employed in the bar. This forms an im' portant feature of our invention.

The latral bend in the end portion 7 of thebar hereinbefore mentioned, is prolj'ided for the purpose of stifiening that end of the bar.

In order that the parts of-the anticreeper base flange 4, we provide a suitable wrench wrench'17 is provided with a slot 18, the walls of which embrace and are removably engaged with the end portion 6 of the bar 5. The wrench 17 is provided with an upwardly extending handle. as shown, and it projection 19 extending between the wrench and the outer face of the body ortion of the shoe 11. This projection 19 1S engaged by a )I'OjBCtiOli 20 extending outwardly from t 1e lower-portion of the shoe 11 and bar 5 and the projection 19 of the wrench 17.

It will be readily understood that when the parts of the anticreeper are in the positions shown in Figs. 6 and 7 with the wrench applied thereto, as shown in said may be readily assembled together upon the between the face 13 thereof engaged bythe.

17, as clearly shown in Figs. 6 and 7. This is also provided on its lower portion with a 5 by moving the bar "-with anner edges v the bar 5 to be sprung,

practicable form,

,wardly extendin .the side faces of tially in vertical position, and means actmg on the cross-tie and-on one end of the figures, the forward and upward movement 0 the upwardly extending handle of the wrench 17 will cause the end portion 6 of from the position shown "in Figs. 6 and 7 to the position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and a reverse movement of the .wrench will disengage thebar 5 and its end portion 6 from the shoe 11. The purpose of providing the projections 19 and 20, is to form a fulornm for the wrench 17 on the shoe 11, and prevent the wrench from destroying the spring action of the bar 5 rearwardly, while the upper end of the endportion G is being moved forwardly.

\Vhile we have herein shown and described our invention in a desirable and we desire it to be understood that we do not limit ourselves-to this particular construction, as the same mav be greatly modified without departing from our invention.

1. The combination with a cross-tie and a railroad rail having'a base flange, of an anticree'per comprising a flat bar extending beneath the base flange and having flat,

u wardly extendin end pnrtions provided w ithinner edges t acin Qhe side edges of the base-.flange, one '0 sad end portions having. a partfextending yer said base flange andsupporting one end of said bar,

I theflnncr edge o'tthe other end portion ex-. an;

d' vertloally'from the top of the body of'the' ar' tothe top of the en I adjacent end of the baf gndimaintaining the other end ofZtliebar 1n spaed-relation to the cross- 2 "The combinat'idry with a cross-tie and ilroa-d 'railhaving"-a base flange, of an ant iereeper comprising a flat bar extending beneath .thebase flange and having flat, up-

g end portions provided. facing the side edges of the base flang,- aid bar being provided with means for snp orting iton the base flange and maintiiining its side faces and its end portions substanbar and maintaining the other end of the bariii spaced relation to the cross-tie, one

' f therein.

' V a railroad rail having of said end portions having a lateral bend he combination with a cross tie and, a base flange, of an antioreeper comprisinga flat bar extending beneath the base flange and havingflat, up-

wardi extending end portions pro 'ided with inner edges facing the side edges of the base flange, the side faces of said her and its end portions being arranged substantmlly mverucel position, a shoe en- 1,o21,ss7- I portion, and- I a shoecng'aged ygth-tlielastmentioned inner edge andesn pjporting ;the

extending end portion provided Inner edge engaged with one side of the of the base flange and the cross-tie and supporting one end of said bar and maintaining the other end thereof in spaced relation to the cross-tie, the forward face of said bar being engaged with said shoe, and said other end portion being p rovidcd with a supporting means engaging the top of the baseflange.

4:. The combination with a cross-tie and a railroad rail having a base flange, of an antioreeper comprismg a fiat bar extending beneath the base flange and having flat, upwardly extending end portions provided with inner edges facing the side edges of" the basetlange, the side faces of said liar gaging ,one side and its end portions being arranged sub- .slantially 1n vertical position, *gaglng one side of a shoe onthe base flange and the cross'tie'and supporting one end of said bar and maintaining the other end theieof in spaced relation to the cross-tie, the inner edge of one of said end portions and the forward face of said bar being engaged with said shoe, and said other end portion being provided with a supporting means engaging the top of the base flange.

5. The combination with a cross-tie and a railroad rail having a base flange, of an anticreeper comprising a flat bar extending beneath the base'flange and having a flatv ortion provided upwardlv extending end with an inner edge engage with one side of 'the base flange,'theside faces of said'bar and said end portionbeing arranged substantially in x-ertical position, said end portion having a lateral bend therein, means engaging the top of the base flan e and supporting said end portion, and-a s cc engaging the base flange and the cross-tie and supporting the otherend of the bar and maintaining the first named end thereof in spaced relation to the crosstie, the forward face of said bar being engaged with said shoe.

6. The combination with a cross-tie and a railroad rail having a liaseflange, of an antiereeper engaged with the cross-tie and com rising a. flat bar extending beneath the ase flange-and having a flat, upwardly with an base flange and provided also with a part bent and extended over the base flange laterally of thebar and having its lower edge engaged with the top of the base flange, the

' side faces'oi said bar and said end portion being arranged substantially in vertical position, and a shoe engaging the other side of the base flange and said bar, said bar exerting a downward pressure on said partand a reverse pressure against said shoe, in tending to assume a position from which it was sprung.

7. The-combination with a cross-tie and a railroad rail having a base flange,

of an bar exerting a downward pressure onsaid position from which it was sprung anticreeper en aged with the cross-tie and comprising a at bar extending beneath the base flange and having a flat, upwardly eat-- tending end portion providedwlth an inner 5 edge engaged with one side of the base flange and provided also with a part bent and extended over the base flange laterally of the bar and havin its lower edge en gaged with the to 0 the base flange, the.

19 side faces of said at and said end portion being arranged substantially in vertical position, said end portion having a lateral bend therein, and a shoe engagin the other side of the base flangeand sai bar, said part and a reverse pressure against "said shoe, in tending to assume a position from which it was sprung.

8. The combination with a cross-tie and Q a railroad rail having a base flange, of an anticreeper engaged with the cross-tie and comprising a bar extending beneath the base flange and having means on one end thereof for engaging one side of said baseflange and a projecting part on the other end thereof outwardly of the other side of said base flange, and a shoe engaging said base flange and said projection and having an outwardly extending project-ion engaged by 9 said part, said bar exerting pressure against.

said base flange in one direction and pressin said part. against said projection in a reversedirection in tendingto assume a 9. The Cnll'lllll'lflilflfl with a cross-tie and a railroad rail having a base flange, of an anticreepcr engaged with the cross-tie and comprising a .bar extending beneath the base flange and having means on one end 40 thereof for engaging one side of said base ilauge and an upwardly extending part on the other end thereof outwardly of the other side of said base flange, and a shoe engaging said base flange and said-part, said shoe. having a face engaged by one side of said bar and an outwardly extending projection above said face and engaged by said part, and said bar exerting pressure against said face in one direction flllfl pressing said part againstsaid projectio in 'areverse 'dirvction in-tending to asixiirne a positionfrom which it was sprung. 10. The combination witli a cross-tie and a railroad raithaving a base flange, of'an anticreeper engaged with the cross-tiea'nd comprising a. bar extending beneath the base flange and having means on one end thereof for dugaging one side of said base flange'and an upwardly extendin part on 50 the other end thereof outwardly o the other side of said base flange, and a shoe engaging said base flange and said part, said shoe having a face eng'a ed by one side of said bar and an outwar ly extending projection above said face and engaged by said part,

part

tion in tending to assu e a which it was sprun an sai shoe having a pro ection extending from said face'an d beneath said bar.

11. The combinationwith d-bross-tiand' compris ng a ur extending beneath the base flange and having means on one end thereof for engaging one side of said 'base' part on flange and an upwardly extendin the other end thereof outwardly 0t the other side of said base flan e, andta shoe on aging said base flange an said part, sai shoe having a face engaged by oneiside of said bar and an outwardly extending rejection above said face on one side of saitfpartand an outwardly extendingprojection above the first named projection on the other'side of said part, and said bar exerting pressure against said face in one direction and pressing said part against the last named projection in a reverse direction in tending to assume a-position from which it was sprung.

12. The combination with a cross-he and a railroad rail having a base flange, of an anticreeper engaged with the cross-tie and.

comprising a bar extending beneath the base flange and huvlng means ,on one end thereof for engaging one side of said basethe firstnamed projection on the other side of said part. said bar exerting pressure against said face in one direction and pressing said part-against the last named projection in a reverse direction in tendingto assume a osition from which it was sprung, and said from said face and eneath said bar.

13. The combination with a cross-tie and a railroad rail having a base flange,'oft'an shoe havin a projection extei lding.

anticreeper engaged with'the rross-tie and comprising a bar extending beneath the base flange and havingmeans on oneend' thereof for engaging one side of said'bnseflange and an upwardly 'extendin parton the other end thereof outwardly o the other side of said base flange, a shoe en aging shoe.

said base flange and said part,'-sai having a'face engaged by one side of said bar and an outwardly extendin projection above said face-on one side 0 and. an outwardly extending projection above the first named rejection an/the other"; side of sa d part,.sa1 bar'exert-mg pressure against said face in one direction and press ing said part against the last named project-ion in a reverse direction in tendlng to assume a positlon from which it was sprung,

' and said shoe having a projection extending from said face and beneath said bar, a

' anticreeper engaged with the cross-tie and comprising a bar extending beneath the base flange and having means on one end thereof for engaging one side of said base flange and an: upwardly extending part on the other end thereof outwardl of the other side of saidbase fiange,' a s oe engaging said base flange and said part, said shoe "having a face engaged by one side of said bar and an outwardly extendingprojection above said face on one side of said part and an outwardly extending project-ion above the first named rojection on the other side of said part, sai bar exerting pressure against said face in one direction and massing said part against the last nam project-ion-in a reverse direction intending to assume a position from which it was sprung, and said shoe havin a projection extending from said face and eneath said bar, and a wrench removabiy engaged with the two opposite sides of said part and having an upwardly extending handle and a projeti 'tion on its lowerportion extending toward said shoe, said shoe having an outwardly extending projection between saidface and the projection on the wrenchandengaging the latter.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID F. VAUGHAN. DAVID L. VAUGHAN.

\Vitnesses:

A. V. Gnonrn, S. 1-. Hannah. 

